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Born a Cincinnati, Ohio native, Kuhn came into the world on the 17th of July, 1922.
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In his first book, Kuhn uses his famous critical eye to examine Copernicus's sensationalized book De revolutionibus. He voices concerns about Copernicus's methods of deduction, claiming them to be unscientific.
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Called "one of the most influential works of history and philosophy written in the 20th century." Kuhn's second book introduces his infamous concept of Paradigm Shifts.
Here is a brief educational video about this concept:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tasVTgZc9Gw
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On the 17th of June, 1996, almost a month shy of his 74th birthday, Thomas Kuhn died of lung cancer.
https://www.famousscientists.org/thomas-kuhn/
